Matthias Quellmann.
Is the add-on license dependant on having previously purchased Halion v5?
Hi, Is “HALion Sonic 3” the same product as “Halion Sonic SE 3” which comes with Cubase Pro 10?
I can’t really tell by the FAQ links.
No, it’s 2 different products.
Quite different. Sonic 3 comes with a lot of extra content that might be of interest to people who will primarily use it in a DAW, and having lots of instances of a plugin isn’t an issue (so the UI advantages may seem minimal). There are more things you can edit and change up in the UI.
Aside from the gigabytes of extra content…for live performing, or in hosts where you don’t really want to mess with a lot of individual instances of the same plugin to get complicated layered or split effects…the UI offers some power user features that SE doesn’t have.
It has some interesting features for using it as a live performing instrument, either stand-alone, or in the host of your choice. I.E. Assigning entire multi-programs to a MIDI program change event. It has more tools for layering programs and/or splitting the keyboard (up to four per channel I think), and in ‘some cases’ it’ll even let you change up some sounds (load and manipulate raw layers instead of full Sonic ‘programs’) that don’t have a special macro (in this case, you’re using HALion layers that are basically mapped out samples or synth-tone genorators to build your own new program, and it looks and feels a bit more like the full blown HALion product).
The best way to know if it’s worth the money to you is to demo it. Info on how can be found here: Try HALion Now for 30 Days | Steinberg
Yes, the demo link is for HALion 6, but that bucket includes Sonic 3, so you get to try both.
Hi, friends. I want to know if Halion 6 and Absolute 4 work with Pro Tools 10 and iOS Mavericks 10.9.5. Thank you very much.
I’m actually having a lot of problems with Halion 6, It seems to of started since the last update to 6.4, I get no presets at all, but Halion sonic 3 works fine, I’ve tried reinstalling several times, everything shows up in the library manager that the sounds are registered, but still nothing, not even the synth macro icons in the browser page,
has anyone else had this issue?
PS
I’ve even tried to go back to Halion 5 but can’t because the license has been overwritten
Hi, cubase 10.5 pro comes with halion sonic 3 , if I want to upgrade to halion 6 do I just buy the update or do I purchase the complete version of halion 6?